Friday, January 01, 2010

What the hell? Does the News & Record believe in faeries too?

The (Greensboro, NC) News & Record's Amanda Lehmert has an article today in which she identifies an interview subject as "a psychic." Not a "so called psychic," a "self-proclaimed psychic" or a "psychic performer," but "a psychic" -- an identifier as definitive as "professor" describes other subjects in the article.

What the hell?

Although critics bemoan the News & Record's propensity to include fiction in its reporting, this accommodation takes it to new heights. I am looking forward to the following headlines:
  • "Wizard says swim center to bring economic magic"
  • "Faeries support proposed tree ordinance"
  • "Time traveler says Greensboro destined for greatness"
  • "Reincarnated Joe Bryan wants his money back"

Sheesh!

8 comments:

  1. "Coliseum expansion to include Four Season Mall"
    "Hammer re-elected for third term as Mayor"
    "Coble laments lack of convertibles as parade season begins"

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  2. Roch, how many lotteries has that psychic won?

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  3. Google could not locate the psychic Dorrine Lee. Hmmmm?...I wonder how Amanda Lehmert found her. Maybe they were in the same "L" homeroom.

    Was Lee paid a fee for her psychic forecast? I doubt it. If Lee works for free maybe the water department will use her and learn how much of Randleman Lake Greensboro never needed.

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  4. Oh Roch! #4=good stuff.

    --Brandon Burgess

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  5. Fox News had The Amazing Kreskin on yesterday to get his predictions for 2010.

    We live in stupid times.

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  6. Perhaps the N&R was quietly bought out by Weekly World News and J.R. forgot to tell us...

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  7. Thanks for your comments, everyone.

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